Bills & About the Federal Government

This federal government page describes the different parts of the Canadian Parliament: House of Commons (elected Members of Parliament), the Senate (members are appointed, not elected) and the Queen (represented by the Governor General).

There is also a basic chart that shows how these parts relate to one another and where the Courts fit into the picture.

The Government House Leader is the Member of Parliament (from the political party that is leading the country) responsible for managing the new legislation (bills) that the Government introduces, hoping they become federal law. The site of the Government House Leader has up-to-date information about government bills.

Finding out where a bill is in the process along the way to becoming a law. This Progress Chart lets you easily track the progress of a bill. Each bill needs to have 3 readings in the House of Commons (HoC) and 3 in the Senate. After the readings it receives Royal Assent and becomes federal law in Canada.

The page gives you up-to-date information and lets you see which bills are working their way to possibly become federal laws. It provides more detail than the pages above and it lets you read the full text of bills.